I used to play with Lego a lot when I was young, I attribute it as being a contributing factor in my development as a fully-fledged geek. I also like Star Wars when I was young, also a contributing factor. It should have come as no surprise then, although it did, to discover that Lego has produced a collector’s edition Death Star set.

I remember the rainy days of my youth, before video games and the internet took over as my primary pass-times, being wholly devoted to making a new Lego “thing” out of bits of another Lego “thing”. I’m far too impatient these days, but just as demonstration of hpw extreme some people are, here’s two time-lapsed videos of the Death Star being built in Lego;

Remember how I said I’m too impatient these days? Well to emphasise that, I hereby agree with Scott Johnson that merely watching these videos, even in time-lapse form, makes me want to lie down and snooze. Urgh.

As a side note, I say “Lego” as the plural of Lego. I think saying “Legos” sounds retarded.